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<span class=large>THE BOOK OF MOSIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 12
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Abinadi is imprisoned for prophesying the destruction of the people and the death of King Noah—The false priests quote the scriptures and pretend to keep the law of Moses—Abinadi begins to teach them the Ten Commandments.  About 148 <span class='small'>B.C.</span>
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And</span> it came to pass that *after the space of two years that Abinadi came among them in disguise, that they knew him not, and began to <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/1a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Missionary Work.">prophesy</a> among them, saying: Thus has the Lord commanded me, saying—Abinadi, go and prophesy unto this my people, for they have hardened their hearts against my words; they have repented not of their evil doings; therefore, I will <sup>b</sup><a href="mosiah/12/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 65: 6 (6-7, 11); Jer. 9: 9.">visit</a> them in my anger, yea, in my fierce anger will I visit them in their iniquities and abominations.
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Yea, wo be unto this generation!  And the Lord said unto me: Stretch forth thy hand and prophesy, saying: Thus saith the Lord, it shall come to pass that this generation, because of their iniquities, shall be brought into <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 8: 46; Mosiah 11: 21; Mosiah 20: 21.">bondage</a>, and shall be smitten on the <sup>b</sup><a href="mosiah/12/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="Lam. 3: 30; Mosiah 21: 3 (3-4, 13).">cheek</a>; yea, and shall be driven by men, and shall be slain; and the vultures of the air, and the dogs, yea, and the wild beasts, shall devour their <sup>c</sup><a href="mosiah/12/2c" mark="c" type="A" title="Deut. 28: 26.">flesh</a>.
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And it shall come to pass that the <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Amos 7: 11 (10-11); Mosiah 12: 10 (10-12).">life</a> of king Noah shall be valued even as a garment in a hot <sup>b</sup><a href="mosiah/12/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="Mosiah 19: 20.">furnace</a>; for he shall know that I am the Lord.
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And it shall come to pass that I will smite this my people with sore afflictions, yea, with famine and with <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 21: 11 (10-13); 2 Ne. 6: 15; D&C 97: 26 (22-26).">pestilence</a>; and I will cause that they shall <sup>b</sup><a href="mosiah/12/4b" mark="b" type="A" title="Mosiah 21: 9 (1-15).">howl</a> all the day long.
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Yea, and I will cause that they shall have <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 21: 3.">burdens</a> lashed upon their backs; and they shall be driven before like a dumb ass.
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And it shall come to pass that I will send forth <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 9: 18 (13-35); Ezek. 13: 13.">hail</a> among them, and it shall smite them; and they shall also be smitten with the <sup>b</sup><a href="mosiah/12/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 18: 17; Ezek. 27: 26; Mosiah 7: 31.">east</a> wind; and <sup>c</sup><a href="mosiah/12/6c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ex. 10: 4 (1-12).">insects</a> shall pester their land also, and devour their grain.
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And they shall be smitten with a great pestilence—and all this will I do because of their <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 3: 18.">iniquities</a> and abominations.
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And it shall come to pass that except they repent I will utterly <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 6: 13; Isa. 42: 14 (14-15); 2 Ne. 26: 10 (10-11); Alma 45: 11 (9-14).">destroy</a> them from off the face of the earth; yet they shall leave a <sup>b</sup><a href="mosiah/12/8b" mark="b" type="A" title="Morm. 8: 14 (14-16).">record</a> behind them, and I will preserve them for other nations which shall possess the land; yea, even this will I do that I may discover the abominations of this people to other nations.  And many things did Abinadi prophesy against this people.
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And it came to pass that they were angry with him; and they took him and carried him bound before the king, and said unto the king: Behold, we have brought a man before thee who has prophesied evil concerning thy people, and saith that God will destroy them.
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And he also prophesieth evil concerning thy <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Amos 7: 11 (10-11); Mosiah 12: 3.">life</a>, and saith that thy life shall be as a garment in a furnace of fire.
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And again, he saith that thou shalt be as a stalk, even as a dry stalk of the field, which is run over by the beasts and trodden under foot.
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And again, he saith thou shalt be as the blossoms of a thistle, which, when it is fully ripe, if the wind bloweth, it is driven forth upon the face of the land.  And he pretendeth the Lord hath spoken it.  And he saith all this shall come upon thee except thou repent, and this because of thine iniquities.
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And now, O king, what great evil hast thou done, or what great sins have thy people committed, that we should be <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 11: 27.">condemned</a> of God or judged of this man?
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And now, O king, behold, we are <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 2: 35; Alma 21: 6.">guiltless</a>, and thou, O king, hast not sinned; therefore, this man has <sup>b</sup><a href="mosiah/12/14b" mark="b" type="A" title="Hel. 13: 26 (24-28).">lied</a> concerning you, and he has prophesied in vain.
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And behold, we are strong, we shall not come into bondage, or be taken captive by our enemies; yea, and thou hast prospered in the land, and thou shalt also prosper.
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Behold, here is the man, we deliver him into thy hands; thou mayest do with him as seemeth thee good.
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And it came to pass that king Noah caused that Abinadi should be cast into prison; and he commanded that the <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 11: 11.">priests</a> should gather themselves together that he might hold a council with them what he should do with him.
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And it came to pass that they said unto the king: Bring him hither that we may question him; and the king commanded that he should be brought before them.
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And they began to question him, that they might cross him, that thereby they might have wherewith to <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="John 8: 6.">accuse</a> him; but he answered them boldly, and withstood all their questions, yea, to their astonishment; for he did <sup>b</sup><a href="mosiah/12/19b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 100: 5 (5-6).">withstand</a> them in all their questions, and did confound them in all their words.
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And it came to pass that one of them said unto him: <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 13: 3.">What</a> meaneth the words which are written, and which have been taught by our fathers, saying:
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<sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 52: 7 (7-10).">How</a> beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him <sup>b</sup><a href="mosiah/12/21b" mark="b" type="A" title="Mosiah 15: 14; Mosiah 27: 37 (36-37).">that</a> bringeth good tidings; that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good; that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth;
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<sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 15: 29.">Thy</a> watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord shall bring again Zion;
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Break forth into joy; sing together ye waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem;
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The Lord hath made bare his holy <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 33: 2; Omni 1: 13.">arm</a> in the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God?
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And now Abinadi said unto them: Are you <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="John 3: 10 (7-10); Mosiah 11: 5.">priests</a>, and pretend to teach this people, and to understand the spirit of prophesying, and yet desire to know of me what these things mean?
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I say unto you, wo be unto you for perverting the ways of the Lord!  For if ye understand these things ye have not taught them; therefore, ye have perverted the ways of the Lord.
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Ye have not applied your <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="Prov. 8: 5; Mosiah 2: 9.">hearts</a> to <sup>b</sup><a href="mosiah/12/27b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Understanding.">understanding</a>; therefore, ye have not been wise.  Therefore, what teach ye this people?
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And they said: We teach the law of Moses.
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And again he said unto them: If ye teach the <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/29a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Law of Moses.">law</a> of Moses why do ye not keep it?  Why do ye set your hearts upon <sup>b</sup><a href="mosiah/12/29b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 48: 7.">riches</a>?  Why do ye commit whoredoms and <sup>c</sup><a href="mosiah/12/29c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Sexual Immorality.">spend</a> your strength with harlots, yea, and cause this people to commit sin, that the Lord has cause to send me to prophesy against this people, yea, even a great evil against this people?
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Know ye not that I speak the <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/30a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jacob 7: 14; Alma 30: 42 (41-42).">truth</a>?  Yea, ye know that I speak the truth; and you ought to tremble before God.
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And it shall come to pass that ye shall be smitten for your iniquities, for ye have said that ye teach the law of Moses.  And what know ye concerning the law of Moses?  <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/31a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 3: 15; Mosiah 13: 28 (27-32); Alma 25: 16.">Doth</a> salvation come by the law of Moses?  What say ye?
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And they answered and said that salvation did come by the law of Moses.
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But now Abinadi said unto them: I know if ye <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/33a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 27: 1; Neh. 9: 13; 3 Ne. 25: 4.">keep</a> the commandments of God ye shall be saved; yea, if ye keep the commandments which the Lord delivered unto Moses in the mount of <sup>b</sup><a href="mosiah/12/33b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 19: 18 (9, 16-20); Mosiah 13: 5.">Sinai</a>, saying:
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<sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/34a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 20: 2 (2-4).">I</a> am the Lord thy God, who hath <sup>b</sup><a href="mosiah/12/34b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 12: 51; 1 Ne. 17: 40; Mosiah 7: 19.">brought</a> thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
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Thou shalt have no <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/35a" mark="a" type="C" title="Hosea 13: 4; TG Idolatry.">other</a> God before me.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/36a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 13: 12.">Thou</a> shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing in heaven above, or things which are in the earth beneath.
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Now Abinadi said unto them, Have ye done all this?  I say unto you, Nay, ye have not.  And have ye <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/12/37a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 13: 25 (25-26).">taught</a> this people that they should do all these things?  I say unto you, Nay, ye have not.
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* VERSE 1 (ABOUT 148 <span class='smallcaps'>B.C.</span>).</span>
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